2006-07-28 05:22:37 · 11 answers · asked by mwk559 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Dogs sense of taste is much less sensitive than humans with dogs only having about one thousand seven hundred taste buds in their mouths while humans have about nine thousand.
Dogs really dislike bitter tastes but beyond that, virtually anything goes. Like humans, dogs have a powerful sweet tooth, which explains their predilection for doughnuts, ice cream, and other calorie-laden vices.
Although their limited number of taste buds register sweet, sour bitter, and salty tastes, it is probably more realistic to think of the dog's response to taste as pleasant, indifferent, or unpleasant. Smell is the dog's most advanced sense - a large part of its brain is devoted to interpreting scent
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2006-07-28 05:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by Chetco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of corse they taste. How els would be dog know he does not like carrots and leave all the carrots on the plate and clean every thing els.
2006-07-28 12:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Justsomegirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
taste and smell are so closely linked its impossible for them not to...like when you smell some food and your mouth waters..just b/c they gulp food down without really chewing doesn't mean they dont taste either...its all common sense
2006-07-28 12:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by CassAndra K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to believe they taste. My dogs have always perked up when they were given leftover steak and what not. In fact my dogs will ignore their food if they think they will get mine.
2006-07-28 12:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah, they taste.....
my dog knows exactly what kinds of treats he likes and what kind of food he likes....i'm sure smell plays a part, but taste is very present for him.
2006-07-28 12:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by joey322 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely.
2006-07-28 12:36:20 · answer #6 · answered by nfaustman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes dogs have a tase, but they cannot taste sugar.
2006-07-28 12:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not like ours. Dogs do not "sense" hot in their tongues...my oldest rot will eat jalepinos until she foams around the nose. No, I don't give them to her... she counter surfed and ate them. She hates pickles, though.
2006-07-28 15:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by Marshal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OF COARSE THEY DO! you know dogs usually don't eat veggies because they don't like them. they enjoy bones and milk bones because they can taste them. Plus if they didn't, it would be much easier to feed them.
2006-07-28 12:27:23 · answer #9 · answered by thehappyclub406 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they can't taste why will they eat some things and not others?? Whoever told you this is full of it!!
2006-07-28 12:31:04 · answer #10 · answered by JL's Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋